Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a _
_36__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d
__37__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he _
_38__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __
39__ into the project and the next day he handed it in _
_40__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a _
_41__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__
42__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an _
_43__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of _
_44__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no_
_45__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__
46__ you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about _
_47__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important _
_48__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the _
_49__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my
50 .”
| 小题1: | | A．speech | B．paper | C．notice | D．diary |
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| 小题3: | | A．just | B．almost | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．heart | B．life | C．advice | D．trust |
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| 小题6: | | A．word | B．letter | C．note | D．post |
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| 小题8: | | A．unusual | B．unforgettable | C．unimportant | D．unrealistic |
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| 小题9: | | A．money | B．time | C．space | D．effort |
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| 小题10: | | A．wonder | B．way | C．problem | D．matter |
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| 小题11: | | A．Though | B．since | C．Until | D．If |
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| 小题12: | | A．himself | B．him | C．it | D．itself |
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| 小题13: | | A．change | B．gift | C．message | D．decision |
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| 小题14: | | A．long | B．thick | C．same | D．correct |
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| 小题15: | | A．grade | B．dream | C．duty | D．secret |
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An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the 16 got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).
comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant befor
e I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.”“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?”“ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have
never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
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